01/04/10, 08:01 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fl Zones 11
Posts: 8,123
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Florida/Tropical/Gulf Coast Homesteaders
I'm giving out seeds from my Tropical Pumpkin( calabaza) I think it is the one I got from Echo Farms, and they got from Epcot Center. It grows multiple rampant 50 ft vines that put down sucker roots from the vine. We had a lot of fungus this past summer and the vines simply outgrew it. As the older leaves crumbled there would already be goodsized new leaves further down the vine. The fruits dropped during the heat of the summer after getting to key lime or kiwi size but come autumn we had 2 large pumpkins. Good keepers. Now I am not guarenteeing germination- I kept the pumpkin in the refrigerator after cutting- we are still working on eating that first one.
If you want some seeds pm me and I'll give you my po box to send a SASE to- Yeah, its too cold for planting now but spring will be here before you know it!
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